Kimetsu no Yaiba
鬼滅の刃
きめつのやいば
literallyblade of demon destruction
The Japanese title of the series. JMdict returns the English release title for this entry, so the literal reading is given by hand.
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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.
鬼
- 鬼神きしんfierce god
- 吸血鬼きゅうけつきvampire
滅
- 隠滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence)
- 壊滅かいめつ(complete) destruction
- 自滅じめつself-destruction
- 消滅しょうめつextinction
- 絶滅ぜつめつextinction
刃
- 刃物はものedged tool